by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
I wanted to allow students to follow a more real life type of inquiry in chemistry labs that would allow them to experiment, make mistakes, revise their approach and retest. I would hope that this would allow them to build a deeper understanding of the concepts being...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
Teacher and students will go on several nature walks in order to conduct a detailed inquiry into snails, their habitat, basic needs, and benefits to humans and the environment. Research will be conducted outside and in the classroom, in order to set up a snail habitat...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
This lesson plan is separated based on the 4- level model of inquiry, as outlined in “Simplifying Inquiry Instruction” by Randy L. Bell, Lara Smetana, and Ian Binns (link in resources). This lesson plan will introduce students to inquiry at the same time...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
In this activity, students will be analyzing a soil sample taken from a mining site and testing if for its acidity and dissolved metal contaminants. They will design a filtration system to remove the Fe3+ ion and acid contaminants, as well as any solid debris, out of...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
My grade 1-2 class was out in our school’s courtyard putting out some bird seeds we had collected to set outside our classroom window. In our Science unit we had been working on expectations dealing with Living Things and in talking about showing care and...
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